Thanks! That is very helpful.
On Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 4:52:38 AM UTC-8, Stefan Nilsson wrote:
>
> I don't know why it's not part of the standard library, but here is a
> piece of code that does the job. (It's written in a slightly roundabout way
> to make sure that the constants are untyped.)
>
>
> const BitsPerWord = 32 << (^uint(0) >> 63) // either 32 or 64
>
> const (
> MaxInt = 1<<(BitsPerWord-1) - 1 // either 1<<31 - 1 or 1<<63 - 1
> MinInt = -MaxInt - 1// either -1 << 31 or -1 << 63
> MaxUint = 1< )
>
>
>
> On Friday, February 23, 2018 at 2:15:44 AM UTC+1, Jason Gade wrote:
>>
>> I see that the math/bits package has a UintSize constant, and math has
>> Max types. Why doesn't math have MaxInt and MaxUint?
>>
>> Yes, I know that these are derivative by themselves, but can they be
>> included in the standard library without breaking the Go Compatibility
>> promise?
>>
>
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